Chandigarh: In effort to promote tourism in Haryana, the state government will be celebrating the seventh Pinjore Heritage festival from December 15 to 16 at Yadavindra Gardens at Pinjore, government sources said in Chandigarh on Friday.

The festival, an innovative endeavour to promote tourism, will project the ancient heritage of Pinjore town and Yadavindra gardens, an official spokesman said. The grandeur of the royal gardens, which consists of fortress walls, ramparts, bastions and palaces, offer a perfect setting to the heritage festival, he added.

The festival would be inaugurated by Haryana Governor Jagannath Pahadia. It is being organised with the support of Union Ministry of Tourism, he said.